session-6

Title

• the straighteners

• the heart

• the nervous system

• the mind

• Helping words

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the straighteners

• orthopedist: Bone's doctor

greek root:   orthos   +  paidos
            (straight)    (child)

Straightens children

In 1941 correction of spinal curvature in children was main concern of practitioners or orthopedics. Now adults as well as children.

• orthodontia: the straightening of teeth

  root:   orthos   +  odontos
        (straight)    (tooth)

  • orthodontist

the heart

• cardiologist: Heart's doctor

greek root:  kardia  +  logos
            (heart)    (science)

• cardiology

• cardiological

• cardiac: condition refers to some malfunctioning of the heart

• cardiogram: electricity produced record of the heartbeat

• cardiograph: instrument that produces cardiogram

the nervous system

• neurologist: Nerves system specialist

greek root:  neuron  +  lagos
            (nerve)    (science)

specialty: neurology

adjective: neurological

• neuralgia: acute pain along the nerves and their branches

• neuritis: inflammation of the nerves

• neurosis:

  • not a disorder of the nerve but

  • an illness characterized by excessive use of energy for unproductive purpose so that personality development is hindered or stopped

  • a man who spends most of his time worrying about his health, counting his money, plotting revenge, or washing his hands can hope for little emotional growth

  • not a form of mental unbalance

• neurotic: is both the adjective form and the term for a person suffering from neurosis

the mind

• psychosis: a full-blown mental disorder.

  A neurosis is not a form of mental unbalance

greek root:       psyche             +      -osis
            (spirit, soul, or mind)       (disorder)

• psychotic: one who has lost contact with reality.

  • at least with reality as most of us perceive it, though no doubt psychotic people have their own form of reality.

• psychiatrist: mind-healer

  • specialty: psychiatry

  • adjective: psychiatric

root:   iateria
      (medical healing)

• geriatrics: specialty dealing with the particular medical needs of the elderly. (old people's doctor)

  • geriatrician

  • geriatric

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Helping words

• acute: to a sever or intense degree

• confounding: to confuse & surprise somebody

• outmoded: no longer common or fashionable

• pedantic: too worried about rules or details

• concedes: to admit that something is true although you do not want to

• handout: food, money, etc. given to people who need it badly

• mused: be absorbed in thought

• alumni: male graduated student

• alumnae: female graduated student